tiwa

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tiwa (infinitive kutiwa)

  1. Passive form of -tia: to be put or placed
    Synonym: -tiliwa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tiwa
Positive present -natiwa
Subjunctive -tiwe
Negative -tiwi
Imperative singular tiwa
Infinitives
Positive kutiwa
Negative kutotiwa
Imperatives
Singular tiwa
Plural tiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutiwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -litiwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatiwa/natiwa tunatiwa
2nd person unatiwa mnatiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatiwa wanatiwa
other classes positive subject concord + -natiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tiwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitiwi hatutiwi
2nd person hutiwi hamtiwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatiwi hawatiwi
other classes negative subject concord + -tiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatiwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tiwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nitiwe tutiwe
2nd person utiwe mtiwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atiwe watiwe
other classes positive subject concord + -tiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitiwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetiwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetiwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitiwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person natiwa twatiwa
2nd person watiwa mwatiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atiwa watiwa
m-mi(III/IV) watiwa yatiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) latiwa yatiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatiwa vyatiwa
n(IX/X) yatiwa zatiwa
u(XI) watiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatiwa
pa(XVI) patiwa
mu(XVIII) mwatiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metiwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatiwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatiwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotiwa
Consecutive katiwa / positive subject concord + -katiwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katiwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitiwa -tutiwa
2nd person -kutiwa -watiwa/-kutiweni/-watiweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtiwa -watiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -utiwa -itiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -litiwa -yatiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitiwa -vitiwa
n(IX/X) -itiwa -zitiwa
u(XI) -utiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutiwa
pa(XVI) -patiwa
mu(XVIII) -mutiwa
Reflexive -jitiwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tiwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tiwaye -tiwao
m-mi(III/IV) -tiwao -tiwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tiwalo -tiwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tiwacho -tiwavyo
n(IX/X) -tiwayo -tiwazo
u(XI) -tiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tiwako
pa(XVI) -tiwapo
mu(XVIII) -tiwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tiwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetiwa -otiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -otiwa -yotiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotiwa -yotiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotiwa -vyotiwa
n(IX/X) -yotiwa -zotiwa
u(XI) -otiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotiwa
pa(XVI) -potiwa
mu(XVIII) -motiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

tiwa or tiwà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏ)

  1. intestinal worm
    Synonyms: bulate, ulyabid, sulitarya

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